Minimal estimation for waste heat utilization in Russia is about $300M annually. From more then 4000 GPU we can utilize up to 18 GW additional electric power.Various heat sources require different technical solutions.

“A few words about a French project named Open Source Energy. This project is intended to enable the design of open hardware solutions to capture the different kinds of energies available all around us (from the environment or from human activities). A first module to transform and to store electricity from renewable sources is being designed: the ENERCAN (opensourceenergy.wordpress.com/lenercan-v1). This first brick is the starting point of a large scale design process toward the creation of new solutions inspired by old or forgotten ones and improved by the use of high-tech devices. The project is not about large and costly devices but about simple, open and cheap modules that can be replicated to capture every stream of available and lost energies, even the smallest one.

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Gas turbines are gaining new advantages over other forms of power generation. Jeremy Bowden explains why countries worldwide are increasingly turning to such technology, and why the distributed generation sector, in particular, is booming.

Demand for gas turbines across much of the globe is booming because of favorable regulations and the availability of fuel. Generators are keen to switch from polluting coal and see gas turbines as a quick and flexible alternative with a low capital outlay.

Traditional drivers of demand for gas turbines, such as the oil & gas and mineral sectors, are also growing strongly, while more and more investment is coming from fast-developing economies.

Since the 2008-09 financial crisis, the gas turbine market has rebounded, reaching a likely $56 billion in 2013, with over 70,000 MW of new units expected to be sold, according to the US analysts McIlvaine. About a third of this kit will go to on-site or distributed generation applications, demand for which is driven by various factors, including policies in developed nations that are designed to encourage a more sustainable and efficient generating sector, such as Germany’s CHP support scheme.

L.A. Turbine is a design and manufacturing company creating application-specific, highly engineered turboexpanders that are used in hydrocarbon processing, geothermal power generation, and other power-recovery applications in industrial processes.